Definition of Pike

1. Noun. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.

Exact synonyms: Expressway, Freeway, Motorway, State Highway, Superhighway, Throughway, Thruway
Specialized synonyms: Autobahn, Autostrada, Toll Road, Turnpike
Terms within: Carriageway
Generic synonyms: Highway, Main Road

2. Noun. Highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh.
Generic synonyms: Freshwater Fish
Specialized synonyms: Muskellunge, Pickerel

3. Noun. A sharp point (as on the end of a spear).
Generic synonyms: Point

4. Noun. Medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet.
Specialized synonyms: Halberd, Partisan, Partizan, Vouge
Terms within: Pikestaff, Spear-point, Spearhead, Spearpoint
Generic synonyms: Arm, Weapon, Weapon System

5. Noun. Any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere.
Generic synonyms: Percoid, Percoid Fish, Percoidean
Group relationships: Esox, Genus Esox
Specialized synonyms: Esox Lucius, Northern Pike, Esox Masquinongy, Muskellunge, Pickerel

Definition of Pike

1. n. A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

Definition of Pike

1. to pierce with a pike (a long spear) [v PIKED, PIKING, PIKES]

Medical Definition of Pike

1. 1. A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet. 2. A pointed head or spike; especially, one in the center of a shield or target. 3. A hayfork. 4. A pick. 5. A pointed or peaked hill. 6. A large haycock. 7. A turnpike; a toll bar. 8. A large fresh water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack. Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the wall-eye. See Wall-eye. Gar pike. See Gar. Pike perch, the garfish . Origin: F. Pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. Pig a prick, a point, beak, Arm. Pik pick. But cf. Also L. Picus woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. Spike. Cf. Pick, Peak, Pique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pike

pig iron
pig it
pig laurel
pig lead
pig lung carbonyl reductase
pig out
PIH
piing
PIJ
pika
pika
pikake
pikakes
pikas
pike (current term)
pike (current term)
Pike's Peak
pike-perch
pikeblenny
piked
piked reverse hang
piked whale
pikelet
pikelets
pikeman
pikemen
pikeperch
pikeperches
piker
pikers

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